In quite another mess.

"Farewell, my Patty dear, I have

No dying consolations,

Except, when I am dead, you'll go

And see th' Illuminations."

[A LAY OF REAL LIFE]

"Some are born with a wooden spoon in their mouths, and some with a golden ladle." GOLDSMITH.

"Some are born with tin rings in their noses, and with silver ones." SILVERSMITH.

Who ruined me ere I was born,

Sold every acre, grass or corn,